I watched a TED video the other day about political activism by Dave Meslin called ‘The antidote to apathy.’ In it, he showed a list of scifi and fantasy films that all have ‘the chosen one’ as a main narrative trope: the usual suspects, really, so I won’t repeat them … Continue reading
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Scientific attitudes in hard, soft and fantasy SF
In this post I discuss the attitude of a writer of science fiction towards science and what effect this can have on the SF itself. The attitude of a hard SF author should evidently be scientific as a commenter on a recent post about making use of science in SF mentioned: … Continue reading
Limiting beliefs and commitments in SF criticism and storytelling
Putting limits on science fiction I’ve discussed conventional commitments in the criticism of fiction in a previous post, which is a kind of general foundation for this examination of science fiction criticism in particular… SF seems to be one of the most complex and ironic genres of all: despite its diversity, … Continue reading
The problem with extrapolation as a qualifying criterion for SF
If you’ve been reading my blog (and I don’t blame you if you haven’t been), you’d know that I like to deconstruct a range of topics related to SF. Why? Apart from it being interesting, there are real consequences to the way people think about SF or science fiction; many … Continue reading
The problem with extrapolation as a qualifying criterion for SF
If you’ve been reading my blog (and I don’t blame you if you haven’t been), you’d know that I like to deconstruct a range of topics related to SF. Why? Apart from it being interesting, there are real consequences to the way people think about SF or science fiction; many … Continue reading